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From December 2018 to February 2019, Tim Ryan, a Granby Memorial High School alumni from class of 1984, will be one of five rowers who will row 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua. The Row4ALS team will be the first team to compete in the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge with an ALS-diagnosed rower.
In July Foxfield F.A.R.M. Foundation was the fortunate recipient of a handsome retired Argentine thoroughbred gelding, “Leo,” to add to its equine groundwork therapy program for veterans and first responders with PTSD and related mental issues.
Dog flu, also know as canine influenza (CIV), is a very contagious viral disease that first appeared in Florida at a greyhound racetrack in 2004. This respiratory disease spread very rapidly.
The Granby Community Fund, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization since 1960, coordinates a town-wide fundraiser to support multiple community organizations providing valuable programs, supports and services to the residents of Granby.
On a cool November morning in 2016, a tractor-trailer emblazoned with the Monrovia logo arrived promptly at 9 a.m. at the Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity home in West Granby. It was loaded with fresh, locally grown stock from its Granby nursery ready for planting at the new home.
Folks of a certain age may recall television commercials in the 1970s in which the satisfied user of a product exclaimed, “I was so impressed; I bought the company.” The ads were for an electric shaver, and spokesman Victor Kiam did in fact purchase Remington Products in 1979. Del Shilkret, of Windcrest Drive, can tell a similar story.
Granby’s expanding restaurant options are a welcome addition to both the business and residential communities in town. The latest addition is another fine offering by James and Sandy Chen. Farmers Kitchen emphasizes breakfast, lunch and dinner takeout.
Glenn Ballard was born in upstate New York. Yumi Nagashima was born half a world away in Tokyo, Japan.
